Gabriele Tarquini took advantage of the pace of his Lukoil Racing Team SEAT Leon around the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve to claim his second pole position of the World Touring Car Championship season.

Stefano Dâ€™Aste scored his first ever World Touring Car Championship race win in Race 2 at the Salzburgring in dramatic circumstances, as the leading Chevrolets of Yvan Muller and then Rob Huff suffered punctures in the very final corners.

Gabriele Tarquini won the first ever World Touring Car Championship race in Slovakia, taking the lead of the race after contact with polesitter Norbert Michelisz. Aleksei Dudukalo made it a 1-2 finish for the Lukoil SEAT team.

Yvan Muller clinched a double victory in the World Touring Car Championshipâ€™s opening round of the season at Monza as he led home a Chevrolet 1-2-3, despite facing backwards at one point after contact from teammate Rob Huff.